ABC's The Middle

Caption:THE MIDDLE - 'The Smile' - While other kids begin receiving college acceptance letters and Axl still hasn't, Frankie and Mike begin to worry that their son's chances for a sports scholarship have passed him by. Meanwhile, Sue is determined to prove that smiling is contagious as a hypothesis for a school science project, and a relentless Brick begins pestering his parents for an iPad, on 'The Middle,' WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.JANUARY 31 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Photo by Michael Ansell/ABC via Getty Images)
PATRICIA HEATON, ADAM KULBERSH, NEIL FLYNN (BACKGROUND)

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THE MIDDLE - 'The Smile' - While other kids begin receiving college acceptance letters and Axl still hasn't, Frankie and Mike begin to worry that their son's chances for a sports scholarship have passed him by. Meanwhile, Sue is determined to prove that smiling is contagious as a hypothesis for a school science project, and a relentless Brick begins pestering his parents for an iPad, on 'The Middle,' WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.JANUARY 31 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Photo by Michael Ansell/ABC via Getty Images)
PATRICIA HEATON, ADAM KULBERSH, NEIL FLYNN (BACKGROUND)

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The Smile' While other kids begin receiving college acceptance... News PhotoAgreement,Arts Culture and Entertainment,Beginnings,California,Chance,City Of Los Angeles,Horizontal,Learning,Males,Receiving,Son,Sport,Television Show,USA,WorriedPhotographer Michael AnsellCollection: Disney ABC Television Group 2013 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. THE MIDDLE - 'The Smile' - While other kids begin receiving college acceptance letters and Axl still hasn't, Frankie and Mike begin to worry that their son's chances for a sports scholarship have passed him by. Meanwhile, Sue is determined to prove that smiling is contagious as a hypothesis for a school science project, and a relentless Brick begins pestering his parents for an iPad, on 'The Middle,' WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.JANUARY 31 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Photo by Michael Ansell/ABC via Getty Images)
PATRICIA HEATON, ADAM KULBERSH, NEIL FLYNN (BACKGROUND)